[gps-talkusers] Re: Interpreting intersection announcement

Scott,
I do a lot better with the announcements in clockface mode. This way, it would say something like Euclid street at 9 o'clock and 5 o'clock. I think your interpretation of what you heard though was correct.


Peter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Marshall" <marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Interpreting intersection announcement


Hi Group:
I really promise to actually contribute to this list once I learn how to use
this thing. <grin>

Last night while in a cab, I got the following intersection announcement
which I don't understand. It went something like this:
"North on 16th Street, 100 feet ahead, Euclid Street on left and behind and
right."
My cab driver, whose first language was not English, could not explain the
intersection. I assume that Euclid Street was not a straight through cross
street. Otherwise the message would have said: "... Euclid Street left and
right". Is it possible that Euclid Street was offset, meaning that one side
intersected 16th from the left in front of the car, while the other half of
Euclid Street intersected from the right behind the car? We were going
around 30 MPH and I had the multiple announcement mode on for intersections
at a 12 second default interval. Does all of this make any sense to anyone?

Thanks.

Scott






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